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Very heavy rain from early morning. Only stayed for two hours then left as it was set for the day.

2 Trout, 9 Grayling

Rather more inclement weather meant only one of the group fished for a couple of hours in the morning. The result was one Barbel.
In less than favourable conditions the four of us had 36 Barbel and 22 Chub in essentially three days of fishing. The average stamp of Barbel was around 7 - 8lb with a couple of scraper doubles, and the biggest Chub was approaching 5lb.
All in all an excellent trip to a stunning beat. Roll on next September!

1 Barbel

Good start off the last Croy with 4 nice chub before it went quiet. All to feeder tactics. Tried rolling meat for the first time but no joy. It went quiet, so a quick chat to another angler saw me moving downstream where I got 2 small chub, small barbel and lost a good one to a hook pull. The afternoon spent trotting the float in where I got pointed to by the said angler. Not only spot and tactics but he also got me sorted with some spare tackle. Gent!! If you're reading it, thanks again! Got 11 chub and a barbel in the evening. Amazingly well kept beat.

2 Barbel, 17 Chub

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

River low but v clear. Cold biting wind and persistent rain all morning but eased a little in the afternoon.
Trout taken upstream nymphing (x2) on silver size 16 perdigon, downstream nymphing (x2) olive bead head nymph and two others. Some salmon parr too. All in all, a satisfactory day . improved by judiciously timed cups of tea and the odd fish or two.

6 Trout

River low and clear but a cloudy day saw a few fish feeding in afternoon and evening,Barbel of decent size 6 lbs up to 8.5 lbs,Chub were 3-4 lbs

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

A difficult day due to low water levels, cool morning temperatures and long periods of bright sunshine in the afternoon. We stayed mobile to eventually find some fish in the faster flowing areas. Lost a few decent fish to braided hook lengths being cut on sharp rocks but we did land a few fish including Barbel to 9lb 10oz and Chub to 3lb 6oz. All caught on a pretty standard pellet/groundbait feeder approach.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fish caught on pellet throughout the day.

23 Barbel, 6 Chub, 20 Other

Only managed very brief afternoon session upstream of bridge. Bright sunshine, nothing rising.
One trout and one grayling caught - both about 8 inches and both on weighted nymph.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling